Sam Marrazzo is CIO of Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC). With a focus on driving economic opportunity that will position local companies for future growth, as well as retain and attract young people to the area, Mr. Marrazzo leads BNMC’s efforts to develop an innovative, reliable, and secure IT environment throughout the organization and the community. He is responsible for developing innovation strategy and fostering collaboration with industry, education, and startups to help local organizations prepare for, and capitalize on, current and future technologies. Through his role at the BNMC, Mr. Marrazzo helps local companies rethink their business practices and corporate cultures in order to optimize their position, as innovation and technology bring significant changes throughout the economy. With over 25 years in multiple IT roles, his career spans across accounting, supply chain systems, logistics, sales, and transportation, and he has worked at several Fortune 200 companies, including Praxair, Avnet, and McGraw-Hill, in various positions in IT management and strategy, project management, architecture consulting, and development practices. Mr. Marrazzo has been a guest lecturer at the University at Buffalo, and he has been instrumental in attracting and organizing technology-focused events to the area, including the TopCoder Open and various hackathons and gaming competitions. Mr. Marrazzo is also a board member of InfoTech WNY. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in business systems from Daemen College, an MBA from SUNY Buffalo School of Management, and served four years in the US Navy. He can be reached at SMarrazzo@bnmc.org.